Hello, first post. I came here looking for an update on 612 both west to 412 and under 49 to 71B and 265. It seems since the first segment's completion in 2018, it has always been "next year". Have they acquired land? Is there a date set for bids? Or what is next? Thank you!
The western leg of the Springdale Northern Bypass is tied somewhat to the XNA connector road as it will utilize AR-612 as a terminus. The
2023-2026 STIP has $100M allocated in 2025 for the western leg from AR-112 back to US-412 in Tontitown, so that's all that we currently know about timelines, and that's the next leg of AR-612 that will be built.
There's $500K for project development in 2025 for each of the eastern legs, from I-49 to AR-265 and from AR-265 to the end of the twin bridges over the White River east of Sonora on US-412. So, only engineering work will happen on those legs before 2026. I attended the Public Involvement Meeting for the I-49 to AR-265 segment earlier this year, and
here are the materials for that meeting. They'll have to undercut I-49 and make it an overpass for AR-612 mainlines to be the lowest level of the 4 level stack.